Another candidate has joined the 4th Congressional District race. Former professional football player and U.S. senatorial candidate Clint Didier says he'll run for the seat being vacated by Doc Hastings.

Supporters of an initiative that would prevent Washington state from adopting universal background checks for gun sales say they have submitted 340,000 signatures with their first batch of petitions submitted Thursday to the secretary of state's office.

A food industry group that contributed heavily to defeat a measure that would have required labeling genetically engineered foods concealed millions more dollars in campaign contributions than has previously been reported, the state attorney general said Wednesday.